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Díaz-Campos, Manuel; Zahler, Sara L. – Hispania, 2018
This study examines word order variation in negative word + "más" constructions in Caracas Spanish, with "más" pre-posed or post-posed in relation to the negative word. We empirically analyze the effect of formal syntactic and semantic constraints, the contribution of priming and frequency, as well as several social factors on…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Word Order, Spanish, Priming
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Coles, Felice A. – Hispania, 2012
Isleno Spanish speakers maintain few contexts firmly in the subjunctive (for example, adverbial clauses with the conjunctions "para que" and "antes que" and nominal clauses with "querer"), with most other semantic or syntactic categories optionally licensing the subjunctive. This study will outline the obligatory and optional uses of present and…
Descriptors: Semantics, Verbs, Spanish, Syntax
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Sessarego, Cecilia – Hispania, 2016
The aim of a discourse-pragmatic approach to teaching the indicative/subjunctive contrast in Spanish is to engage students to move beyond grammar and semantics and enter the domain of language use in complete texts. Linguistics and Second Language Acquisition (SLA) research have mostly focused on the morphology, semantics and syntactic aspects of…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Pragmatics, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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VanPatten, Bill – Hispania, 2010
In this essay, I apply current linguistic theory to reanalyze earlier research on the acquisition of "ser" and "estar" (e.g., VanPatten 1985, 1987). Using insights from Roby and Schmitt ("Semi-Copulas"), for example, I argue that the acquisition of the copular verbs is an issue of the acquisition of their aspectual properties (see also Bruhn de…
Descriptors: Verbs, Morphemes, Linguistic Theory, Spanish
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Collentine, Joseph – Hispania, 2010
I provide an update on the state of the art of the research--the last one being Collentine (2003)--on the acquisition of the function of the subjunctive and mood selection, as well as the research's implications for pedagogy. The article considers what we currently know about the role of universal grammar, psycholinguistic perspectives on the…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Study Abroad, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Cuza, Alejandro – Hispania, 2010
This study examines the potential native language (L1) attrition of the ongoing value of the Spanish present tense among long-term Spanish immigrants. Based on the assumption of second-language (L2) transfer and proposals on the permeability of interface-conditioned structures, it is hypothesized that long-term Spanish immigrants will show…
Descriptors: Semantics, Syntax, Immigrants, Native Language
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Bolinger, Dwight – Hispania, 1974
Arguments and examples are given to show that there are neither syntactic nor semantic justifications for a separation of the Spanish subjunctive into two types. (KM)
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Semantics, Spanish, Syntax
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Lozano, Anthony G. – Hispania, 1988
Contrasts the hypothetical conditional or "modo potencial" in Spanish with the subsequence conditional. Passages from "El habla de la ciudad de Mexico" and from works by Carballido and Borges are cited as examples. Other grammatical studies of the Spanish conditional are reviewed. (LMO)
Descriptors: Pragmatics, Semantics, Spanish, Syntax
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Terrell, Tracy; Hooper, Joan – Hispania, 1974
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Attitudes, Semantics, Sentence Structure
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Roldan, Mercedes – Hispania, 1974
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar, Language Research, Semantics
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Lozano, Anthony G. – Hispania, 1972
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Instruction, Semantics, Sentence Structure
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Teschner, Richard V.; Munoz, Frank – Hispania, 1984
Provides representative statistics concerning the degree and rank-ordering of irregularity among verb tenses of Spanish. Indicates that the present is the most morphologically irregular of all Spanish tenses. The least irregular tense is the imperfect. (SL)
Descriptors: Grammar, Language Research, Morphology (Languages), Semantics
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Studerus, Lenard H. – Hispania, 1978
Examines a family of Spanish compounds formed by the combination of a third-person singular verb form with a following noun, and attempts to show the semantic categories of such compounds. It is argued that speakers of Spanish intuitively categorize unfamiliar "guarda" compounds according to their existing repertoires. (EJS)
Descriptors: Grammar, Morphology (Languages), Nouns, Semantics
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King, Larry D. – Hispania, 1984
Regardless of the syntactic variation of the direct object "a" in Spanish, a great deal of semantic unity underlies its use. Argues that it carries an invariant meaning that is present in every use of the form, and, concomitantly, its absence before a direct object carries an equally invariant meaning within the systematic semantic structure of…
Descriptors: Context Clues, Grammar, Language Research, Language Usage
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Cline, William J.; Zamore, Juan C. – Hispania, 1972
Usage of the conjunctions sino" and pero" ( but") are discussed from the English speaking students' point of view. General criteria for choice involve sentence structure and semantics. (DS)
Descriptors: Conjunctions, Grammar, Language Instruction, Semantics
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